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You'll be wishin' you had a camleback.

extremely cut plastics.....

yea i remember you telling me about your buddy. tragic. I can certainly understand why your not racing this year. does the gnc series have a website ??

Lonestar says the same thing

im not running the rz motor, lack of funds problems. its 80% built, I just need piston kit and a crank.

im running 22 inch razors, a -2 swingarm and graydon nerfs. No problems,lots a clearance.

4 degrees is a good camber number. I have mine set at 5 right now, no good reason why, I just wanted to try -5. My caster is set somewhere around +6 or +7. I had my caster set at 4 or 5 when I ran a stock length swingarm. When I put a -2 swingarm on the quad, the 4 degrees of caster was not enuf. The steering was so quick it would throw ya off the quad if you were'nt hanging on tight enuf. It was downright dangerous, but it would turn on a dime. At high speeds it was even more dangerous. Squirrly dangerous. So I layed back my caster to somewhere around 6 or 7..... and found that perfect balance between quick steering and high speed stability. The more caster you add, the more stable she'll feel. More forgiving ride, but the steering will be slower. Its a tradeoff. Id recommend when your setting your caster to experiment with different degrees, if your running the stock lenght swingarm then +4 caster is a good number to start with. If it turns to quickly and its scary-squirrly when the powerband kicks in, then re-set your caster to up another degree to +5 and test it again. Ride it for a few days at each caster setting. I adjusted my caster settings about 10 times till I found the perfect setup. Get used to adjusting the caster, use anti seize on all the A-arm theads so you dont have to worry about seized bolts. You'll be a pro in no time, dont be afraid to try different degrees, camber and caster. This is your time to learn..... have fun with it, use common sense and good luck.

post some pictures when you get your shocks and new a-arms on. What color did you get the a-arms in ??

First round of GNC MX racing starts today feb 7th at Glen Helen. Tats4Life are you racing the nationals this year ????

take a camelback. Id think the 18 inch tires are too small for desert racing. Get a new pair of 6ply 22 inchers. There's no way my Banshee would run 46 miles on a single tank of gas, id have my pit crew ready with the gas can after your first lap. good luck and keep us updated.

Thanks tats, iv been wanting a duncan bumper for a long time. killer deal, thanks.

The only difference between the two styles is the newer ones have 2 tubes added, where the 2 long mounting bolts go though. newer style carrier use 2 long bolts that run through those tubes, the older style didnt have the tubage and used 4 smaller bolts to mount it to the swingarm. Realy hard to keep the axle perfectly straight. I cursed at that old style carrier quite abit. POS Here's an old style carrier. Here's the new style.....

dude those quicksand swingarms are so cherry. didnt you have a freind with problems with his QS a-arms ?? Iv only seen one pic of stans arms and I dig em. Id like to see stan build a heavy duty XC swingarm. Something real beefy and robust, all tig welded up and chromoly. nice chrome job on it. make it a shorty -2 and thats a killer swingarm. Stan if you build it, they will come on the axle bearing carrier subject. I *think* it was the 1990 model when they changed the bearing carrier style. I'll try to dig up a picture on the old style carrier. The old style carriers used 4 bolts to mount it to the swingarm instead of the newer style 2 long bolts.

i didnt mention that my swingarm was about 14 years old at the time. It was on my old blue '88 Banshee. I got my Janssen swingarm about a year and half ago, so I rode with that beat up stock swingarm for about 2 years before I re welded it up. Those older style axle carriers were a bitch to adjust. The newer style carrier still aint perfect, but its better than that style that I had on the '88.

Me too.......

1 degree ! ?? actually iv never heard of +3 degree key, only ones ive seen are +4's and +7's. check out this link on the two timing options........ IGNITION TIMING

fuckin right thats a nice setup. simple and very effective, thats all ya want in a good jig. Matt, you aughta sell a "guesseted" option. Ya know make up some gussets and brace up the swingarm. I know I cracked the hell out of my stock swingarm. I knew I had some cracks in it, but when I took it off the quad and removed the paint, I found double the cracks. If i remember right, my stock swingarm was cracked at almost every weld. Offer some killer swingarm guesseting work, i'd pay for that. I still have that stock swingarm layin around, I rewelded it and ran it for another year.

flattrackers, what kinda speeds are you guys racing at ??

I see the pic now. I had to copy\paste the pic's url and I got it.

How about somthing simple like the spring on the clutch arm. check if that spring is hooked up right and working like it should. edited...... Like blacksmith said, give us more info. check the whole clutch system from the lever to the cable to the clutch arm, to the ball and rod etc etc .......

OOoo will ya tell me more about moving the upper shock mount trick........ details would be great I had the no-link option when I bought my swingarm, but got the linkage style instead. KTM bikes use no-link swingarms.........

how much does a set of replacement reeds cost for the V-Force ?? Iv never priced em

yea that cut swingarm looks killer. Mr.Matt, I cant see your picture that you posted. Can anyone else see his pic ??

welcome back toomeyshee87

figured it out ! turns out it was my anitvirus program blockin the java crap. Everytime I fire up my email, a little startup banner from my antivirus program flashes for a split second. The banner says something like... "blocks malicous java". So I turned off the antivirus, clicked on the link and BAM, I got it. But no one was in there..... so I chatted with myself for awhile. anyways... im proud of myself and wanted to share.